Clothes-pin



A. G. BOWMAN.

(No Model.)

GLQTHES PIN.

No. 447,504. P44411444 Mar. 3, 1891 NITED STATES ARCIIIBALD G. BOIVMAN,OF JOLIETVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PHIDILLER S. \VOODS, OF LEBANON,INDIANA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,504, dated March 3,1891.

Application filed June 18, 1890.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD G. Bow- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at J olietville, in the county of Hamilton and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsinClothes-Pins; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as Wlll enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of clothes-pins whichis made of wire, and has for its object the construction of such adevice that will be certain in its action, and that can readily beapplied to and detached from lines of various sizes, and which can becheaply made.

The invention consists in a clamp constructed of a single piece of wirewhich has the desired stiffness. One end of this wire is bent into aloop, which is then bent so as to form a hook. The other end of the wireis then bent to form a finger or jaw which will press the line and thesurrounding fabric against the shortlimb of the hook, and thereby securethe said fabric in the desired place.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referencedesignate corresponding parts, Figure l is a plan view of the device.Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section showing the device in positionto secure the fabric to the sustaining-line.

.The device is made from any suitable wire of the required length andhaving the necessary stiffness, beirg bent over dies or formers orotherwise made to conform to the desired shape. A loop is first form-edof one end of the wire, and which is then bent to form a hook having thelong'and short limbs A and B respectively connected by the intermediatesprings C, forming the bend of the hook. These springs are so made as tohold the short limb B parallel with and a short distance from Serial No.3 55, 849. (N0 model.)

the longer limb A. This limb A consists of the two sides a and a. Thelower end of the side a is bent at right angles to the main part of saidside and extended a short distance to the side a, around which it iswrapped asufficient number of times, generally once, to secure the twosides together. The other end of the wire is bent to form a finger orjaw D, which extends upward between the members of the hook, and isconnected to the limb A by means of the coil-spring E, which is formedby wrapping the wire around the bent lower end of the side a of saidlimb A. This spring will force the finger or jaw D outward against theturn in the lower end of the limb B.

To apply the pin the jaw D is forced backward between the sides of thelonger member of the hook, which is placed in position over the linesustaining the fabric, (see Fig. 2,) and then the jaw is released andclamps the line, and thereby firmly securing the fabric. The line willbe crimped to a slight degree by being slightly forced between the sidesof the shorter member of the hook, which will prevent the sliding of thefabric if the line should be sagged in its middle portion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a clothes-pin formed of a singlepiece of wire which is bent at one end to form a hook having its membersof a different length and connected by an intermediate coiled spring,the finger formed of the other end of said wire and connected with thelonger member of the hook by a coiled spring which forces said fingeroutward against the shorter member of the hook, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AROl-IIBALD G. BOWMAN.

IVitnesses:

I. M. KELSEY, A. ll. HENN.

